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On the 31st of December, the camp at Lebanon was abandoned and the march resumed, taking the route toward Somerset or Mill Springs. At Logan's Cross Roads, the rebels under Zollicoffer were met and defeated. Only one company of the Fourteenth par- ticipated in this-Company C, Capt. J. W. Brown, of Toledo.
Following up their success, the National troops pursued and drove the rebels into their fortifications at Mill Springs. The night of the 19th of January was consumed in cannonading the enemy's works. Early on the morning of the 20th, a general assault was ordered and executed, the rebel works carried, twenty pieces of artillery, all the camp equipage and one regiment of men captured. The main body of rebels crossed the Cumberland River in a steamer and escaped, burning the steamer as they left. In the charge which carried the works, the Fourteenth was the first regiment to enter. Pushing on after the fly- ing enemy, the regiment reached the bank of the river in time to fire into the rear of the retreating column as it was boarding the steamer. The National forces remained at Mill Springs until the 11th of February. Then with five days' rations the line of march was resumed toward Louisville, passing through Stan- ford, Somerset, Danville and intermediate places, ar- riving at Louisville on the 26th. Marching through the city the Fourteenth was placed on board of trans- ports, and in company with 20,000 other troops left for Nashville, arriving there on the 4th of March. Remaining in and around Nashville, building forti- fications and perfecting the drill of the men, until the 20th of March, the necessity of re-enforcing Gen. Grant's forces at Pittsburg Landing being apparent, Gen. Buell marched with the greater part of his army, reaching Savannah on the 6th of April. Tak- ing steamers, a portion of the troops were landed on the field at Pittsburg Landing, on the morning of the 7th of April, in time to participate in the engage- ment of that day, turning the tide of battle in favor of the National army. The Fourteenth did not come up in time to participate. On the night of the 12th of April, the regiment was sent on an expedition to Chickasaw Landing, in the vicinity of which five or six bridges were destroyed, thus preventing the enemy from being re-enforced. In effecting this de- struction several severe skirmishes were had. The regiment was taken back to Pittsburg Landing on a
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steamer, on board of which was Gen. Sherman, who publicly thanked the men for the service they had performed. The Fourteenth rejoined its brigade, and with the vast army then concentrated under Gen.
Halleck, shared in the slow advance on Corinth. The only death in the regiment during the siege was that of fifer Frank Callern, of heart disease. The regiment joined in pursuing the enemy to the vicinity of Booneville, Miss., where the chase was abandoned, the National troops returning to Corinth. On the 23d of June, 1862, the Fourteenth with other troops was sent to Tuka, Miss., and from there marched to Tuscumbia, Ala. After doing duty of various kinds in and around this place, the line of march was resumed toward Nashville, Tenn., passing through Florence, Fayetteville, Pulaski, etc. On this march, Gen. Robert L, McCook was murdered by guerrillas near Waynesburg, Tenn. Nashville was reached on the 7th of September. On the 14th, marching orders were received for Bowling Green, Ky. This march was made in pursuit of Bragg's army, which was then moving on to Louisville, Ky., which was reached on the 26th day of September, 1862. On this march, the Fourteenth Ohio was under command of Maj. Paul
Edwards, Col Steedman having been assigned to Gen Robert L. McCook's late command, and Lieut Col. Este being absent on furlough. The march from Nash- ville to Louisville was one of great hardship, the weather being intensely hot, the roads very dusty and water almost unattainable. On the 1st of October, the National army, under Gen. Buell, moved out of
Louisville and resumed the pursuit of Bragg's rebel army. Marching by the Bardstown road, the Four-
teenth in the advance, Springfield, Ky., was reached on the second day and Bardstown on the third. On the 9th day of October, the brigade in which the Fourteenth was acting, was detailed as headquarter and ammunition train guard, and for that reason did not participate in the battle of Perryville fought on that day. Gen. Buell's army moved in pursuit of the rebels, marching through Danville and Crab Orchard, where the pursuit was abandoned and the National
forces commenced a retrograde movement toward
Nashville. Gallatin was reached on the 15th of No-
vember, where the brigade, in which the Fourteenth
Ohio was acting, went into winter quarters. While
at this place, the regiment was frequently detailed on scouting duty against the guerrilla (Gen. Jolin Morgan's) cavalry, with which it had several severe
skirmishes, losing some men. At Rolling Fork, Mor-
gan was badly whipped and driven off, thus prevent-
iment remained at Gallatin until January 13, 1863, ing a contemplated raid against Louisville. The reg-
engaged in similar duty. Leaving Gallatin, Nash-
ville was reached on the 15th day of January, and
after a day's rest in that city the regiment marched to Murfreesboro as guard to an ammunition and pro- vision train, returning the same night to Lavergne, where the brigade was engaged in fortifying against the enemy. On the 3d day of June, the regiment and brigade left Lavergne and took up the line of march for Triune, Tenn., forming a portion of Rosecrans' advance on Tullahoma and Chattanooga. At Triune, twenty days were consumed in rigid drill, giving time to allow the necessary supplies to come up. The march being resumed, Hoover's Gap was reached on the night of the 26th of June, a brisk engagement coming off at that point, in which the Fourteenth participated with its brigade. Thirty men were lost in killed and wounded in this affair. The vicinity of Tullahoma was reached on the evening of the 28th of June, and the enemy's videttes driven in. That night, Capt. Neubert's picket detail, of the Fourteenth Ohio, drove in the enemy's line of pickets and reached a point so near the town as to enable him to discover that the rebels were evacuating the place. This important information was immediately sent to headquarters by Capt. Neubert, and caused the advance, early the next morning, of the National forces. Elk River was crossed with great difficulty, that stream being quite deep with a swift current, and a number of men were drowned. A spur of the Cumberland Mountains was crossed and the National forces encamped in Sequat- chie Valley on the 18th of August, near Sweden Cove. On the 31st of August, the army crossed the Tennessee River by means of rafts, the pontoons not being on hand. On the 19th of September, the enemy was discovered in force on Chickamauga Creek.
The Fourteenth Ohio, under command of Lieut. Col.
Kingsbury, was immediately deployed in line of bat- tle. The men were not in the best trim to engage in a fatiguing day's work, having marched incessantly all of the previous day and night, but they were ready and willing to perform their whole duty, and did it nobly. The regiment was engaged in hot and close
contest from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ; being then relieved, it replenished its ammunition boxes, and again en-
tered the fight, continuing it until sundown. That night it fell back one mile and went into camp. The next morning at 9 o'clock the regiment again entered the field and had a desperate encounter with a por-
tion of Longstreet's rebel division. Au unfortunate gap being left open by mistake in Thomas' line, the whole National force was compelled to fall back to
prevent being overwhelmed. The village of Ross_ ville was its stopping point. On the 21st of Septem- ber, the regiment with its brigade and division, was in line of battle all day, but was again compelled to give ground and fall back into hastily-constructed in-
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trenchments near Chattanooga, the enemy following closely. The regiment went 'into the battle with 449 men. Out of that number it lost 233, killed, wounded and missing. Fourteen enlisted men were captured by the enemy. Of fourteen officers, eight were severely wounded; among them Capts. Albert Moore, Company A; H. W. Bigelow, Company I; Dan Pomeroy, Company D; W. B. Pugh, Company H; J. J. Clark, Company C; and Lieut. James E. McBride, Company F. Col. Croxton, of the Tenth Kentucky, commanding the brigade, was also severe- ly wounded. To procure rations on one occasion during the ensuing beleaguerment at Chattanooga, a detail of 100 men from the Fourteenth, under Capt. Neubert, was sent to Stevenson, Ala., crossing the rugged mountain between that place and Chatta- nooga. This detail started on a march of eleven days' duration with only one day's rations. After en- countering terrible hardships, subsisting on parched corn, leaving along the roads the wrecks of more than half their wagons and the dead bodies of twenty mules, Stevenson was reached; ten wagons out of the sixty they started with were loaded with "hard-tack" and the return journey commenced. After twenty- five days' absence, this detail reached Chattanooga (9th of November) and distributed their precious freight among the famished troops.
In the brilliant assault on Mission Ridge, the Fourteenth Ohio bore a gallant part, charging and capturing a rebel battery of three guns, which Gen. Hardee in person was superintending, loosing sixteen killed, ninety-one wounded and three missing. On the 26th of November, the National forces started in pursuit of the rebel army toward Ringgold, at which point the enemy made a stand on the 28th. Gen. Hooker's forces being in the advance, made a charge on the rebels, but were driven back. The Fourteenth corps coming up, formed a line of battle and charged the rebel position, but the enemy had fled toward Buzzard's Roost. The Fourteenth Ohio returned to Chattanooga on the 29th of November and was re- viewed by Gen. Grant on the Ist of December, 1863. Of those that were eligible, all but thirty men of the entire regiment re enlisted for another term of three years. This occurred on the 17th of December. On Christmas Day, the mustering of the men commenced, and by working hard all day and through the night the rolls were completed. Marching to Bridgeport on the 31st of December, the Fourteenth Ohio then took the cars and reached Nashville on the 2d day of January, 1864. On this trip the cold was so intense as to freeze the feet of several colored servants, belong- ing to the regiment, so badly as to make amputation necessary. From Nashville the regiment went by cars to Louisville, and thence by boat to Cincinnati,
arriving at that city on the morning of the 4th of January. Cars were at once taken for Toledo, the home of the regiment, where it was warmly received by the citizens, and addressed in their behalf by the Hon. M. R. Waite. On the 6th day of February, the thirty days' furlough having expired, the regi- ment moved by rail to Cleveland and there went into camp. Remaining there about a week, it started for Cincinnati and the front, reaching Nashville on the 23d of February and Chattanooga on the 29th.
On the 5th day of March, the regiment moved to Ringgold, where it performed hard duty in building corduroy roads between that place and Chattanooga, picketing outposts, etc.
On the 9th day of May, it moved with its brigade on Dalton, driving in the enemy's videttes to the vicin- ity of Tunnel Hill, there encountering the enemy in force. At this point commenced that long, fatiguing campaign for the possession of Atlanta, the "Gate City" of the extreme South. The Fourteenth, in all the marches and the almost incessant skirmishes and flanking movements of that campaign, bore an honor- able part. It lost heavily in men and officers. While lying in front of Atlanta, the regiment lost twenty men killed and wounded.
On the 26th of August, a flanking movement was commenced toward Jonesboro, and on the 31st, the Atlanta & Western Railroad was struck five miles north of Jonesboro, where 200 prisoners were capt- ured. On the 1st of September, the Third Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, in which was brigaded the Fourteenth Ohio, continued the movement in the direction of Jonesboro, destroying the track of the
railroad as it marched. At 4:30 P. M. of that day, the Third Division (Gen. Baird) confronted the enemy's works surrounding Jonesboro. The Third Brigade, in command of Col. Este, of the Fourteenth Ohio, of Baird's division, was drawn up in line of battle in the immediate rear of a regular brigade of Gen. Carlin's division, which had just made an unsuccessful charge on the rebel works in the edge of the woods on the opposite side of a large corn-field. Col. Este, with his brigade, consisting of the Fourteenth and Thirty - eighth Ohio, Tenth Kentucky and Seventy- fourth Indiana stood ready for the fight. Col. Este gave the order, "Battallions, forward !- guide center!" and Gen. Baird waved his hand for the "forward." The lines moved steadily forward amid a shower of balls. A battery opened with grape and canister, but the brigade moved steadily on. The edge of the timber was gained, and, with a yell and a charge, the rebel works were gained, and a hand-to hand conflict en- sued. The rebels belonged to Gen. Pat Cleburne's division, and contested the ground with great stub- bornness and bravery. It was not until many of them
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were killed with the cold steel that they would sur- render. They finally succumbed and were marched to the rear as prisoners. The Fourteenth took nearly as many prisoners as the regiment numbered, a bat- tery of four guns, several stands of colors and two lines of trenches full of men. All this was not ac- complished without sad cost. The brigade lost thirty-three per cent of its number. One hundred members of the Fourteenth, whose time had expired, went willingly into the fight, some of whom were killed and many wounded. After the Jonesboro fight, the brigade in which the Fourteenth was acting, marched back to Atlanta, leaving the pursuit of the enemy to other troops. The Fourteenth next followed in pursuit of Hood's troops, on their advance into Tennessee, as far up as Rome, where the chase was abandoned and the brigade returned to Kingston, Ga., reaching there on the 6th of November. It next joined Gen. Sherman's forces at Atlanta, and partici pated in the " march to the sea;" then came the march through the Carolinas to Goldsboro and Raleigh. At Raleigh the surrender of Lee and his army near Richmond was promulgated to the National forces. The surrender of Johnston quickly followed, and then the march up to the capital of the nation, where the grand armies of the republic passed in review before the President and Cabinet. On the 15th of June, the Fourteenth Ohio started from Washington by rail for Parkersburg, on the Ohio River, arriving there on the 18th of June. It immediately embarked ou boats and was taken to Louisville, Ky. Remaining in camp at that place until the 11th day of July, when the regiment was mustered out of the service and returned to its home, reaching Toledo on the 13th of July, 1865, after over four years of as honor- able and active a career as that of any regiment in the army.
COMPANY D.
April 20, 1861, Sidney S. Sprague commenced en- rolling a company, which was speedily filled and another started. April 23, the first company elected officers as follows: Sidney S. Sprague, Captain; Will- iam J. Irvine, First Lieutenant; and Charles Kahlo, Second Lieutenant. A farewell meeting was held that night at which a silk flag, prepared by the ladies, was presented, and the company, numbering 105, left in the cars that evening for Cleveland.
ROSTER.
Sidney S. Sprague, William J. Irvine, Charles Kahlo, Henry H. D. Bell, Christian M. Graham, John W. Wilson, William Graham, McCartney Todd, Charles A. Smith, Francis M. Burns, William M. Burns, William M. Hagan, John Dillon, Jeremiah Hall, Lewis Colman, Charles Colman, Aquilla
Masters, Adam Menzel, Adin Burt, Levi Michelson, Jeduthan Barnum, Joseph Shultz, Jonas Bixby, William N. Rogers, George H. Block, Aaron Clarke, Alexander R. Britton, Charles Oden, Lewis Watter- man, Samuel Toops, Edward Smith, Daniel Whit- more, David Buckmaster, Alden Keazer, Samuel Vanvlerah, Henry Lazenby, Jonathan Warwick, Daniel Bishop, Bailey Fleming, Elijah Karnes, Ferdinand Messmann, Jacob Warwick, Edmond Metz, Casper Sirolff, William Hershberger, Franklin J. Block, Amiel Peachin, William Wheeler, Napo- leon Peachin, Clark Bailey, Israel Elton, John Weippert, James Allen, Henry Gengrich, Orlando Colwell, Abraham Vanvlerah, Frederic W. Hoeftzel, Cyrus M. Witherill, Demetrius L. Bell, Peter Sieren, James Oden, Robert McGaffick, Jacob Gils, Joseph Murphy, Franklin M. B. Winans, David A. Gleason, Ransom P. Osborn, William H. Palmer, Joshua Harper, Michael Franklin, Morgan Rees, John W. Davis, William Demland, Solomon H. Cur- tis, Solomon Deamer, Nicholas Buckmaster, Charles Marfillius, James Hoy, Philip Hohn, Peter Mogg, Jonas Waldner, Henry Miller, William H. Wells, Henry R. Randall, Samuel Kyle, Henry Hendrick, Edward Colwell, John Poorman, Jacob Poorman, Augustus Wearn, William Davis, Aaron Dixon, Michael Carl, John Moll, James Kochel, Michael Rath, Philip Rath, Isaiah F. Alexander, Franklin Duck, C. J. Woodcox, Alvah Mallory, Benjamin Corwin, Frank Young, Adam Koch, David Hoy. July 26, 1861, Capt. Sprague's company arrived home without the loss of a man, notwithstanding the dangerous service in which they had been engaged.
COMPANY E.
This company was also mostly from Defiance County.
John W. Wilson, Captain.
David A. Gleason, First Lieutenant.
Promoted-William T. Bennett, Second Lieu- tenant.
William T. Bennett, First Sergeant.
David Trine, Second Sergeant.
David W. Mettler, Third Sergeant.
James S. Eckles, Fourth Sergeant.
William W. Moats, Fifth Sergeant.
Philip Rath, First Corporal. John Cain, Second Corporal.
Elijah Collins, Third Corporal.
Eli Knapp, Fourth Corporal.
Aquilla Masters, Fifth Corporal.
Alvara Partee, Sixth Corporal; missing at Chick- amauga.
John B. Partee, Seventh Corporal; killed at Chickamauga.
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Johnson Miller, Eighth Corporal. William Luce, Wagoner.
PRIVATES.
William C. Adair, Daniel Beard, John M. Burlew, Charles Black, George Black, Joseph E. Brendle, Jeremiah Brown, John Bechtolt, John N. Crist, David Crick, William R. Cosgrave, S. G. Cosgrave (enlisted Decomber 10, 1863), Michael W. Campbell, Elza Dush (enlisted January 25, 1864), John W. Davis, Hiram Farlee, Joseph H. Forest (died of dis- ease at Nashville, June 6, 1862), Alfred Gregg, Ben- jamin F. Gibbs, Jacob Gilts, Henry Genrick, Abra-
ham Gilts, Daniel Gilts, Jesse O. G. Gavel, Will- iam Graham, Erasus Gleason (enlisted February, 1864), Weeden H. Harris, William Hall (enlisted December 14, 1863), Chauncey Harris, Jacob C. Hall (enlisted February, 1864), Jacob Holstzel, Solomon Hall (enlisted February 10, 1864), John Haver (enlisted February 28, 1863, died at Ringgold, Ga.), James H. Haver (enlisted February 24, 1864), James Haver (enlisted January 14, 1864), Samuel A. Kezor, Oliver I. Kiaft, Reazon C. Livingston, John Long, Joseph Murphy, Davidson Millhouse (enlisted Jan- uary 17, 1864), George Murphy, Samuel Noffsinger, Barnard O'Callagan, George Partee, Nicholas Parry, Emanuel Potterf, Henry B. Randall (died of wounds at Chickamagua, October, 1863), John P. Rath (en- listed December 14, 1863, died at Chattanooga, May, 1864), Michael Rath (enlisted December, 14, 1863), Shandy H. Root, Edmond Root, Jacob Speaker, William C. Sponsler (wounded at Chickamauga and Atlanta), Hugh S. Steen, James A. Stoner (enlisted February 10, 1864), Lyman S. Sager, Louis Swartz, Anthony Shindler, John Thomas, Nicholas Thomas, Samuel Toop, Franklin M. B. Winance, John Wag- ner, Alvin Wilcox, Henry C. White, Gabriel Yanser.
TWENTY-FIRST OHIO INFANTRY.
The Twenty-first Ohio was organized at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, on the 27th day of April, 1861, with the following officers:
Jesse S. Norton, Colonel.
James M. Neibling, Lieutenant Colonel.
A. J. Taylor, Major.
It moved on the 23d of May, passing through Columbus, where it received its arms, to Gallipolis. It went into camp at that place and remained there until the 3d of July, when it moved to Ravenswood, by order of Gen. McClellan, to re-enforce the Seven- teenth Ohio, then expecting an attack from O. Jen- nings Wise, whose forces lay at a little town called Ripley, twelve or fifteen miles from the river. The National forces under Col. Norton, of the Twenty- first Ohio, disembarked at 11 o'clock at night, made
a forced march to Ripley, surprised the rebels and drove them from the place. The expedition then returned by steamer to Gallipolis. A day or two after this, Col. Norton made a reconnoissance up the Kanawha River, and captured forty prominent rebel citizens as hostages for the good treatment and safe return of some loyal Virginians captured by the no- torious Jenkins. Col. Norton also led an expedition to Jenkins' farm, just below Guyandotte, consisting of Company F, Capt. George F. Walker, and Com- pany C, Lieut. A. McMahan, and captured a steam- boat load of cattle, horses, corn, etc., for the use of the army, and once more returned to their camp at Gallipolis. On the 11th of July, Gen. Cox took com- mand of the brigade, consisting of the Eleventh, Twelfth and Twenty-first Ohio, the First and Second Kentucky, Cotter's First Ohio Battery of two guns, and Capt. George's Cavalry, and marched to Red House, on the Kenawha River. At this point Col. Norton was ordered to make a reconnoissance for the purpose of discovering the rebel position. Company F, Capt. George F. Walker, Company H, Capt. A. M. Blackman, and Company G, Capt. Lovell, with a portion of Capt. George's Cavalry, started under command of Col. Norton, early on Sunday morning, the 14th of July, moving on three different roads, all terminating at a little village on Scarey Creek, where it empties into the Kanawha River. After marching some eight miles, the enemy's pickets were encountered in a church, from which they fired and fell back on their main body. Skirmishers were thrown out by Col. Norton, which developed the enemy in force on the opposite bank of the creek, occupying a strong posi- tion, with a full battery. After developing the strength of the rebels, the National troops fell back two miles, and at 12 o'clock that night were re-en- forced by the remaining companies of the Twenty- first Ohio and part of the Second Kentucky, under Lieut. Col. Enyart; but lacking artillery, Col. Norton `thought it best to fall back and await the arrival of the main body. On the 15th the main body, under Gen. Cox, arrived, and on the morning of the 17th Col. Lowe was placed in command of a force consisting of his own regiment, Company K, Capt. S. A. Strong, and Company D, Capt. Thomas G. Allen, of the Twenty- first, Capt. Cotter's two rifle guns, and a portion of Capt. George's Cavalry, as an attacking column, and ordered to drive the enemy from his position The fight opened at great disadvantage to the Nationals, from the fact that their old United States smooth-bore muskets did not carry far enough to reach the enemy, who were stationed in the bed of the creek and pro- tected by its high banks. Col. Norton, seeing the disadvantage, determined to drive the enemy out of the creek with the bayonet, and as a preliminary
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movement, sent a flanking force to turn the enemy's left and divert his attention from the contemplated charge in front. The charge was successfully made by Col. Norton, with two companies of the Twelfth Ohio, under Lieut. Col. White, and two companies of the Twenty-first Ohio, the enemy being lifted out of the creek and the whole rebel force driven back. Col. Norton was severely wounded through the hips in this affair, but remained on the field, hoping to be supported by Col. Lowe. Three messengers were dispatched to Col. Lowe, none of whom was killed, but the needed support was not given. In the mean- time, the enemy received re-enforcements; and dis- covering that the National force was not properly supported, again abandoned their column, and in turn drove them, capturing Col. Norton, and Lieut. Brown, of the Twelfth Ohio, who had remained with Col. Norton and the other wounded. The loss in this engagement was nine killed, including Capt. Allen and Lieut. Pomeroy, of Company D, and seventeen wounded. On the evening of the battle, Col. Wood- ruff, of the Second Kentucky; Col. De Villiers, of the Eleventh Ohio, and Lient. Col. George W. Neff, of the First Kentucky, rode up to the battle-ground by a different road from that on which the troops were retreating, and were instantly made pris- oners by the rebels. The Twenty-first Ohio remained in the field, under command of Lieut. Col. Neibling, until ordered home to be mustered out, which oc- curred on the 12th of August, 1861, at Columbus, Ohio. It was again re-organized on the 19th of Sep- tember, 1861, for the three years' campaign, and mustered into the service at Findlay, Ohio. It re- ceived marching orders a few days thereafter, was sup- plied with arms at Camp Dennison on the 2d of Oc- tober, and marched the same day for Nicholasville, Ky. It remained there ten days, and was then or- dered to march to McCormick's Gap to join Gen. Nel- son, then in command at that point. During that campaign, no engagement occurred, excepting that at Ivy Mountain, in which the rebels attempted an am- bush but were foiled and whipped, mainly through a flank movement executed by the Twenty-first Ohio. The rebels were driven from that line and the whole command returned to Louisville, reaching that city in November. The National army was re-organized in the following December under Gen. Buell, and moved to Bacon Creek and Green River, where it re- mained in winter quarters up to late in February. In Gen. O. M. Mitchel's division, the Twenty-first marched on Bowling Green, driving the rebels from that strong position. Then moving direct on Nash- ville, Gen. Mitchel summoned the city authorities to surrender, which demand was promptly acceded to. Col. Kennett, of the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, took pos-
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